Volume 39, Number 10: December 2011

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 Phoenix Conference Enjoys High Submissions, Acceptance Rate

I am pleased to announce that the number of submissions for the 2012 Phoenix conference is the second largest we have ever had (Boston 2011 was the largest). With 2570 paper submissions and 163 panel proposals, our conference will represent a broad array of the finest communication scholarship in the...
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 Landmarks, Attractions Await in Downtown Phoenix's Stadium District

In 2012, the International Communication Association sets up camp in what for us is long-unseen territory: Phoenix, Arizona, which will host ICA from 24th May to the 28th for our 62nd Annual Conference. Known as "The Valley of the Sun," Phoenix is the sixth largest city in the United States,...
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 President's Message: The Return of the Repressed in Communication Studies

As one who came of academic age in the 1960s - whose final semester of graduate school combined completion of a dissertation with climbing in and out of university buildings as an anti-war protestor, dodging police batons and horses - the demand that academic pursuits be "relevant" to the most...
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 Thanks for Renewing Your Membership. Enjoy Your Benefits!

As we wrap up our annual membership drive, we thank you for renewing your membership. If you received an email announcing this newsletter, your membership is active. We hope you visit the ICA website and take advantage of the many new features built in to your new MyICA "Communities" pages....
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 Publications Committee Seeks Editor for Human Communication Research

Publications Committee is soliciting nominations for editor of Human Communication Research to succeed James Katz, whose terms ends at the close of 2012. A completed nomination package should include a letter from the candidate indicating a willingness to serve and a vision for the journal, a CV, three letters of...
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 Student Column: "Dynamics of Academic Writing: How to Plan and Write a Good Journal Article"

Writing in any sense is a difficult task. Good writing requires time, effort, and a clear goal. Since the main goal of academic writing is to share new, innovative ideas with other members of the field by publishing, this month's student column is devoted to aiding communication scholars by discussing...
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 News of Interest to the Profession


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 Division & Interest Group News


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 Call for Papers


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 Available Positions and Other Advertising


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What's Inside
To Reach ICA Editors

Journal of Communication
Malcolm Parks, Editor
U of Washington
Department of Communication
Box 353740
Seattle, WA 98195-3740 USA
macp@u.washington.edu


Human Communication Research
Jim Katz, Editor
Rutgers U
Department of Communication
4 Huntington Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA
jimkatz@scils.rutgers.edu


Communication Theory
Thomas Hanitzsch, Editor
U of Munich
Institute of Communication Studies and Media Research
Schellingstr. 3, 80799
Munich
GERMANY
hanitzsch@ifkw.lmu.de


Communication, Culture, & Critique
John Downing, Editor
Southern Illinois U - Carbondale
Global Media Research Center
College of Mass Communication
Carbondale, IL 62901 USA
jdowning@siu.edu


Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
Maria Bakardjieva, Editor
U of Calgary
Faculty of Communication and Culture
2500 University Drive
Calgary, AB T2N1N4 CANADA
bakardji@ucalgary.ca


Communication Yearbook
Elisia Cohen, Editor
U of Kentucky
Department of Communication
231 Grehan Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0042 USA
commyear@uky.edu



To Reach ICA Editors

Journal of Communication
Malcolm Parks, Editor
U of Washington
Department of Communication
Box 353740
Seattle, WA 98195-3740 USA
macp@u.washington.edu


Human Communication Research
Jim Katz, Editor
Rutgers U
Department of Communication
4 Huntington Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA
jimkatz@scils.rutgers.edu


Communication Theory
Thomas Hanitzsch, Editor
U of Munich
Institute of Communication Studies and Media Research
Schellingstr. 3, 80799
Munich
GERMANY
hanitzsch@ifkw.lmu.de


Communication, Culture, & Critique
John Downing, Editor
Southern Illinois U - Carbondale
Global Media Research Center
College of Mass Communication
Carbondale, IL 62901 USA
jdowning@siu.edu


Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
Maria Bakardjieva, Editor
U of Calgary
Faculty of Communication and Culture
2500 University Drive
Calgary, AB T2N1N4 CANADA
bakardji@ucalgary.ca


Communication Yearbook
Elisia Cohen, Editor
U of Kentucky
Department of Communication
231 Grehan Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0042 USA
commyear@uky.edu



ICA Award Nominations

31 January 2012 is the uniform deadline for nominations for the nine association-wide 2012 research awards, the B. Aubrey Fisher Mentorship Award, the Fellows Book Award, and ICA Fellows. All nominations, except those for ICA Fellows, must be submitted through the ICA website at: community.icahdq.org/nominations/ between 1 November 2011 and 11:00 p.m. EST 31 January 2012.



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